Articles filed under Health Crises
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State's 'Bridge Phase' stalls, but vaccine hunters find second doses closer to homeMar 30, 2021 1:00 am - While signs show that access to COVID-19 vaccines is getting easier in more parts of Illinois, state health officials Tuesday announced plans to indefinitely postpone th...
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COVID vaccine found highly effective in real-world US studyMar 29, 2021 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - The U.S. government's first look at the real-world use of COVID-19 vaccines found their effectiveness was nearly as robust as it was in controlled studie...
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Staples, Office Depot offering to laminate your COVID-19 vaccine cards for freeMar 29, 2021 1:00 am - A pair of retailers are helping fully-vaccinated Americans keep track of their COVID-19 dose history. Office Depot and Staples locations are offering free lamination of ...
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COVID-19 update: All Illinois restaurant workers now eligible for vaccineMar 29, 2021 1:00 am - Sylvia Masters is seeing some familiar faces again at the breakfast restaurant she owns in Carol Stream. The regulars, the old-timers who used to fill the booths at Map...
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CDC director has feeling of 'impending doom' amid new spikeMar 29, 2021 1:00 am - WASHINGTON - The head of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention made an impassioned plea to Americans Monday not to let their guard down in the fight against COV...
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Vaccine sites in Kane, Lake and Will counties will take all eligible IllinoisansMar 29, 2021 1:00 am - Starting this week, new mass vaccination clinics in Kane, Lake and Will counties will offer COVID-19 shots to anyone eligible in the state. Illinois is expanding vaccin...
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COVID vaccine found highly effective in real-world U.S. studyMar 29, 2021 1:00 am - NEW YORK - The U.S government's first look at the real-world use of COVID-19 vaccines found their effectiveness was nearly as robust as it was in controlled studies. The...
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WHO report: COVID likely 1st jumped into humans from animalsMar 29, 2021 1:00 am - GENEVA - A joint World Health Organization-China study on the origins of COVID-19 says that transmission of the virus from bats to humans through another animal is the m...
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Did COVID-19 stress, uncertainty stall anti-smoking push?Mar 28, 2021 7:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - A year after COVID-19 upended life for millions of Americans, there are troubling signs that the coronavirus may have also slowed progress against anot...
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Cook County taking appointments for 25,000 more doses at 4 sites including Des PlainesMar 28, 2021 1:00 am - Daily Herald report Cook County Health will start releasing appointments at noon Sunday for about 25,000 more first doses of the Pfizer vaccine at four locations, includ...